It has happened twice now.

[Apostolic Outdoors]

Twice now I have had deer, a buck and a doe, catch my track and bolt off about 10 yards. Neither blew. Neither really spooked. They just knew something wasn't right.

My question is, has anyone found a solution? Is there any way to keep deer from hitting my track and reacting?

 

[Dumbluck]

What type of boots are you wearing? Sometimes rubber boots to knee high can help.

 

[Apostolic Outdoors]

What type of boots are you wearing? Sometimes rubber boots to knee high can help.

Pacific Mountain

 

[Snake]

Rubber ...and if your pant leg or any of clothing hits anything your scent will be there for hours , especially if it's damp like ...foggy .

 

[Dumbluck]

Pacific Mountain

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Yeah I bet those hold A LOT of scent. Rubber with your pants tucked in on the walk in is best practice. I have horribly flat feet and have a hard time finding rubber boots I like that I can sneak through the woods in. I have resorted to leather Danner boots but I spray the heck out of them before leaving the truck and put conquest dominate buck scent on them and I haven't really had a problem with deer that I can see cutting my path. I also don't wear my hunting boots anywhere but the woods. They are kept in the truck and put on in the field always.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Rubber boots.

 

[recurve60#]

Twice now I have had deer, a buck and a doe, catch my track and bolt off about 10 yards. Neither blew. Neither really spooked. They just knew something wasn't right.

My question is, has anyone found a solution? Is there any way to keep deer from hitting my track and reacting?

Rubber boots.

 

[Apostolic Outdoors]

Yeah I bet those hold A LOT of scent. Rubber with your pants tucked in on the walk in is best practice. I have horribly flat feet and have a hard time finding rubber boots I like that I can sneak through the woods in. I have resorted to leather Danner boots but I spray the heck out of them before leaving the truck and put conquest dominate buck scent on them and I haven't really had a problem with deer that I can see cutting my path. I also don't wear my hunting boots anywhere but the woods. They are kept in the truck and put on in the field always.

I guess that makes sense. Up until this year I have always worn tall waterproof snake boots with my pants tucked in and hadn't had this problem. I never thought of my hiking boots "holding" scent. Thanks for the input. Guess I'll go back to those until I can invest in some rubber boots.

Thanks y'all!!

 

[deerhunter10]

Rubber boots with pants inside the reason why it's all I wear.

 

[Tn Joe]

The only way I've found that deer don't smell my track is to ride a bike to my stand.

 

[infoman jr.]

Rub some Evercalm on the soles of your boots.